to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
memories; recollections; reminiscence
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
indeed; really; truly; very much
book; volume; this; present; main; head
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
not limited to; not just ...
one cause; one reason; one factor
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
one day; (on) a certain day
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball